Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Invitation to be part of the Sheffield Development Framework Consultation
Distinctive Sharrow Action Group has been invited to be part of the next stage of the Sheffield Development Framework Consultation. This would be coupled with the opprtunity to receive training from Planning Aid about the possible implications of these plans/ support in understanding them. I will keep everyone informed of this possiblitiy, if it is something which you think may be of interest, please let me know.
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
permeable pavements
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/greeninfrastructure/technology.cfm#permpavements
I think this website is full of useful information, which could be apply at asmall scale for Lloyds corner (a sort of demonstration site) in an imaginative way. Laurence
I think this website is full of useful information, which could be apply at asmall scale for Lloyds corner (a sort of demonstration site) in an imaginative way. Laurence
Monday, 8 February 2010
Lloyds Corner: The Removal of Objects
Hello... Having done a bit of research (well, asked Dave...) I have found out it costs £10,000 per phone box for them to be removed! so a costly process...
Monday, 1 February 2010
Surelight sheffield
Got some info through at work from this sheffield company called Surelight. They could be very useful to provide design input / pricing for any outdoor lighting scheme.
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Energy Training Tonight!
We will meet at the South Yorkshire Energy Centre at 5.25 tonight for the Energy Training.
http://www.syec.co.uk/
Alternatively, meet me at the Old Junior School at 4.50 if you would like to walk up there together.
If you have any queries, please give me a call 0114 2508384, thanks.
http://www.syec.co.uk/
Alternatively, meet me at the Old Junior School at 4.50 if you would like to walk up there together.
If you have any queries, please give me a call 0114 2508384, thanks.
Monday, 14 September 2009
Reminder: Empty Shops tour with David Parker
The tour of the shops on The Moor with David Parker will be tomorrow, Tuedsay 15th September, meeting outside the Town Hall at 10.30am prompt.
See you all then!
See you all then!
inspring ideas cards
I am starting to put together some cards with inspring ideas on them- hopefully to get people thinking about future projects in the area and really to update/ build on the toolkit information. I intend to also put some blanks cards up so people can add to these ideas... I have kept text to an absolute minimum, but this does include a link so that people can find out more.Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Empty Shops and Rates
Need to understand and explain rates and empty shops? Rates Matrix available for download now!
http://www.meanwhile.org.uk/9.html
The good news is that there can be up to 100% discount on rates for shops used for 'meanwhile' community uses... This is however, discretionary and so we would have to discuss it with the council...
Meanwhile space offer financial support for projects and this is the form we would need to fill in: http://www.meanwhile.org.uk/resources/Project+overview+template.doc
Does anyone want to give this a go?
http://www.meanwhile.org.uk/9.html
The good news is that there can be up to 100% discount on rates for shops used for 'meanwhile' community uses... This is however, discretionary and so we would have to discuss it with the council...
Meanwhile space offer financial support for projects and this is the form we would need to fill in: http://www.meanwhile.org.uk/resources/Project+overview+template.doc
Does anyone want to give this a go?
Monday, 27 July 2009
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Empty Shops: Letters to landlords
I have now sent out the above letter to landlords for vacant retail units on London Road and Abbeydale Road. We will contact them early next week to try to confirm the scale of the proposed festival. It is hoped that once the number of units is ascertained we can really get going!
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Empty Shops Information: Arts Council
The Town Centre’s Initiative was announced by Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government and Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Culture, on 14 April. It is a government initiative to help reinvigorate ailing town centre’s by enabling vacant retail space to be put to alternative uses.
Hundreds of arts organisations across the country are already doing a lot of this, for example the Turner Contemporary in Margate, Shops Upfront in Liverpool and Bedford Creative Arts, and we hope this new fund will enable many more such schemes to happen. It’s good for the artists and it’s good for the towns.
The Arts Council has set aside £500,000 of our lottery income as a fund to which artists will be able to apply for grants of £1,000 to £10,000 to help them carry out artistic activities in empty shops made available to them through the scheme.
To qualify for an Arts Council town centre’s grant, the activity must be art based. The precise criteria are still being finalised but it is likely they will be very similar to those for Grants for the arts. It’s important that the Arts Council can ensure that the art funded is of the highest standard. Any artist or arts organisation can apply. It is more likely to be individual artists due to the smaller size of the grants available through the scheme.We are now talking to the various government departments involved to determine the best way for the scheme to be administered, and so that we ensure the quality of the art that is funded.
We will post more information on our web site as soon as details are available. Go to www.artscouncil.org.uk/actiononrecession to check for updates on the application process.I Hope you will find this information helpful
Hundreds of arts organisations across the country are already doing a lot of this, for example the Turner Contemporary in Margate, Shops Upfront in Liverpool and Bedford Creative Arts, and we hope this new fund will enable many more such schemes to happen. It’s good for the artists and it’s good for the towns.
The Arts Council has set aside £500,000 of our lottery income as a fund to which artists will be able to apply for grants of £1,000 to £10,000 to help them carry out artistic activities in empty shops made available to them through the scheme.
To qualify for an Arts Council town centre’s grant, the activity must be art based. The precise criteria are still being finalised but it is likely they will be very similar to those for Grants for the arts. It’s important that the Arts Council can ensure that the art funded is of the highest standard. Any artist or arts organisation can apply. It is more likely to be individual artists due to the smaller size of the grants available through the scheme.We are now talking to the various government departments involved to determine the best way for the scheme to be administered, and so that we ensure the quality of the art that is funded.
We will post more information on our web site as soon as details are available. Go to www.artscouncil.org.uk/actiononrecession to check for updates on the application process.I Hope you will find this information helpful
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
feedback on lloyds corner
Some of the views expressed about the images for lloyds corner......to magnify this image for better viewing, please click on it... thank you
Monday, 23 March 2009
Brief development: From LP
DISTINCTIVE SHARROW
Lloyds Corner
Context
Distinctive Sharrow context
Funding available
Action group
Why Lloyds Corner
Lloyds Corner has been identified as the potential site for ‘small scale intervention’ within the framework set in the Distinctive Sharrow document. Sharrow community forum? The community? Sharrow action group? Selected this site because:
- highly visible from London Road and could act as a demonstration site for further interventions in Sharrow
- small urban space , therefore manageable as the first community project to promote sharrow’s identity
- the existing space is of poor quality design and is a left over space with no proper function
We might need Julia’s help for this first part to gather all the facts and history of this project
Background information:
Community
The Sharrow Action Group has organised two informal public consultation events to consult the community and generate ideas for Lloyds Corner. The details of these events and comments/ideas collected are included in appendix A. The key findings can be summarised as follow:
- the function of Lloyds corner needs to be flexible to accommodate the wide range of the public preferences and address the great diversity of the community of Sharrow. (ref. list compiled after first event 4th October 2008). Suggestion included temporary exhibition spaces, temporary stalls.
- the space is mainly a through route rather than a destination. People looked while passing by during the two events but often remained on the edge of the space (see movement maps drawn on 24th January 2009). The proposals should make sure not to impede main existing circulation pattern.
- The edge along London road is particularly important as it is visible by the numerous pedestrians and car users on London Road.
- children/young people were instrumental is engaging adults in the activities proposed during the second event on the 24th January 2009. the proposals for the site should therefore take into account children needs and interests.
-
Technical constraints
To be agreed with local authority, site boundaries , services…etc
Any other sugestions
Project aims and objectives:
- regenerate this key public open space in London Road
- contribute to the development of the identity of Sharrow
- engage local people with their urban environment
Rationale:
General principles (see project objectives signpost brief)
- community led project in relation/collaboration with local designers and/or artists
- develop skills in Sharrow
Specific
- create a high quality functional urban place enhancing the experience of London road and Sharrow
- improve people’s movement and use of the space
- create a focal point in the streetscape and local environment
- design should be highly ambitious, playful and unique in relation to Sharrow identity
Proposed stages for this project
design proposals
- acquire a full understanding of the place (Lloyds Corner) based on previous research/events/consultations and designers’ own assessment
- engage with the ‘Distinctive Sharrow’ process with a good understanding of the specificity/character of the area and the needs of local people.
- Propose a process to ensure a continuous engagement of the local community with the design process
- Put forward strategies for Lloyds Corner and propose design/s accordingly, different options at a draft stage to enable the community to be proactive in finalising the proposal.
- Propose management plan for the site for example to accommodate temporary events, existing (lantern festival, Chinese new year) and potential suggested by the community (art exhibitions, educational events)
2. Public consultation
- exhibition of draft proposals (different options to choose from)
- feedback from the community
- vote on preferred strategies/design
3. Finalise design/proposals according to the public consultation outcome
Other information to include in the final brief at a later stage
Selection criteria
Commission panel
Process and timescale
Application process
Lloyds Corner
Context
Distinctive Sharrow context
Funding available
Action group
Why Lloyds Corner
Lloyds Corner has been identified as the potential site for ‘small scale intervention’ within the framework set in the Distinctive Sharrow document. Sharrow community forum? The community? Sharrow action group? Selected this site because:
- highly visible from London Road and could act as a demonstration site for further interventions in Sharrow
- small urban space , therefore manageable as the first community project to promote sharrow’s identity
- the existing space is of poor quality design and is a left over space with no proper function
We might need Julia’s help for this first part to gather all the facts and history of this project
Background information:
Community
The Sharrow Action Group has organised two informal public consultation events to consult the community and generate ideas for Lloyds Corner. The details of these events and comments/ideas collected are included in appendix A. The key findings can be summarised as follow:
- the function of Lloyds corner needs to be flexible to accommodate the wide range of the public preferences and address the great diversity of the community of Sharrow. (ref. list compiled after first event 4th October 2008). Suggestion included temporary exhibition spaces, temporary stalls.
- the space is mainly a through route rather than a destination. People looked while passing by during the two events but often remained on the edge of the space (see movement maps drawn on 24th January 2009). The proposals should make sure not to impede main existing circulation pattern.
- The edge along London road is particularly important as it is visible by the numerous pedestrians and car users on London Road.
- children/young people were instrumental is engaging adults in the activities proposed during the second event on the 24th January 2009. the proposals for the site should therefore take into account children needs and interests.
-
Technical constraints
To be agreed with local authority, site boundaries , services…etc
Any other sugestions
Project aims and objectives:
- regenerate this key public open space in London Road
- contribute to the development of the identity of Sharrow
- engage local people with their urban environment
Rationale:
General principles (see project objectives signpost brief)
- community led project in relation/collaboration with local designers and/or artists
- develop skills in Sharrow
Specific
- create a high quality functional urban place enhancing the experience of London road and Sharrow
- improve people’s movement and use of the space
- create a focal point in the streetscape and local environment
- design should be highly ambitious, playful and unique in relation to Sharrow identity
Proposed stages for this project
design proposals
- acquire a full understanding of the place (Lloyds Corner) based on previous research/events/consultations and designers’ own assessment
- engage with the ‘Distinctive Sharrow’ process with a good understanding of the specificity/character of the area and the needs of local people.
- Propose a process to ensure a continuous engagement of the local community with the design process
- Put forward strategies for Lloyds Corner and propose design/s accordingly, different options at a draft stage to enable the community to be proactive in finalising the proposal.
- Propose management plan for the site for example to accommodate temporary events, existing (lantern festival, Chinese new year) and potential suggested by the community (art exhibitions, educational events)
2. Public consultation
- exhibition of draft proposals (different options to choose from)
- feedback from the community
- vote on preferred strategies/design
3. Finalise design/proposals according to the public consultation outcome
Other information to include in the final brief at a later stage
Selection criteria
Commission panel
Process and timescale
Application process
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Footfall at nightime (on lloyds corner)
...it was an interesting experience...
...i stayed from 19:25-20:25....
3 street drinkers/men in 30s wi cans/ there all ti. others came and went, nobother.
just outside cremorne there was a violent incident, 2 police cars and ambulance, pavement cleaned etc..
i saw one child probably under 11 on a bike alone, several others under 14 with adults.
lloyds is open 6/7 til 10pm, Eylen supermarket opposite til 11pm...
...a lot of cars turned and several seemed to be using lloyds entrance as rendezvous, some cruising, a lot of BMWs..
...i counted those who crossed lloyds corner between phone boxes and lamppost:
121 men
32 women
9 children<14 est.
...i stayed from 19:25-20:25....
3 street drinkers/men in 30s wi cans/ there all ti. others came and went, nobother.
just outside cremorne there was a violent incident, 2 police cars and ambulance, pavement cleaned etc..
i saw one child probably under 11 on a bike alone, several others under 14 with adults.
lloyds is open 6/7 til 10pm, Eylen supermarket opposite til 11pm...
...a lot of cars turned and several seemed to be using lloyds entrance as rendezvous, some cruising, a lot of BMWs..
...i counted those who crossed lloyds corner between phone boxes and lamppost:
121 men
32 women
9 children<14 est.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
listed lamppost and 'chloe's
The 'drawing above is the Narnia' lamppost and chloes sandwhich shop sketched and displayed on site at out last event...
Yesterday on a 'walkabout' in Sharrow with the Distinctive Sharrow Steering Group (including the area planners and the chair of Sharrow Community forum) I was asked to keep a couple of things in mind: Chloe's Sandwhich Shop and the Listed gas lamppost... Could we get the gaslamp working again had we talked to the lady who works there...?
I know these are things we have discussed but thought it worth posting a note.
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
how other people are doing it- london
Campaign posters
Map above and text from design Workshop
Making a documentary of a place is not a neutral
activity and requires critical decision making about
what is recorded and what is not.
The workshop participants were asked to
document what was special about Wards Corner
as a means to explaining this to someone who
does not know the area and be able to develop a
vision and proposals that build on these existing
qualities.
As a first step the workshop participants were
shown examples of a number of successful
ways of documenting places as a means of
demonstrating how similar techniques could be
used when visiting the Wards Corner site.
http://wardscorner.wikispaces.com/#toc3
Monday, 23 February 2009
Lloyds Corner: Service Runs
The map below shows the lines of the services that run below lloyds corner; please click on the image to enlarge. The original information from the service providers is copywrited but I have a copy at SCF if you need more details.
Lloyds Corner- Movement Mapping
Map 1. 12.00-12.30pm
Map 2. 12.30pm-1.30pm
Map 3. 1.30-2.00pm
The following maps show the movement of people on the day of the event during each of the four events: Crazy paving, Street Art, Game Zone and Urban Oasis. The red lines mark where people walked and the blue crosses where poeple stood. The objects we placed into space are also drawn.
Please click on the image to enlarge
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
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